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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5241241" data-attributes="member: 2011">I agree with keterys.WotC dropped the ball here.Super rules literal DMs would rule that the Hydra's Fury is 6 separate basic melee attacks, hence, one of them that does not target the Fighter results in a Combat Challenge because they are separate melee basic attacks.A less rules iteral DM would rule that it is a SINGLE attack power, hence, as long as the Fighter is attacked once with that ATTACK, it is still one attack. It just happens to be one attack power resolved with 6 attack rolls, just like a close blast 3 could be resolved with 6 attack rolls.From my perspective, being too rules literal on this is silly. It makes the Fighter's mark WAY too powerful. The Hydra is not ignoring the Fighter, it just happens to only be concentrating on the Fighter with only one head.To me, that's RAI for a Fighter's mark.But, I definitely see the argument. Allowing the less rules literal interpretation does allow 5 attacks on 1 PC and 1 attack on the Fighter. Other solo monster multi-foe attacks cannot typically do this.But I'm ok with that. When the PCs finally meet Tiamat, there is no way that the Fighter is going to be able to lock her down like that and automatically get a free Combat Challenge every single round.I just consider Hydras and Tiamat to be special cases. The alternative makes the Fighter's mark way too powerful against a solo if it will be used every single round.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 5241241, member: 2011"] I agree with keterys. WotC dropped the ball here. Super rules literal DMs would rule that the Hydra's Fury is 6 separate basic melee attacks, hence, one of them that does not target the Fighter results in a Combat Challenge because they are separate melee basic attacks. A less rules iteral DM would rule that it is a SINGLE attack power, hence, as long as the Fighter is attacked once with that ATTACK, it is still one attack. It just happens to be one attack power resolved with 6 attack rolls, just like a close blast 3 could be resolved with 6 attack rolls. From my perspective, being too rules literal on this is silly. It makes the Fighter's mark WAY too powerful. The Hydra is not ignoring the Fighter, it just happens to only be concentrating on the Fighter with only one head. To me, that's RAI for a Fighter's mark. But, I definitely see the argument. Allowing the less rules literal interpretation does allow 5 attacks on 1 PC and 1 attack on the Fighter. Other solo monster multi-foe attacks cannot typically do this. But I'm ok with that. When the PCs finally meet Tiamat, there is no way that the Fighter is going to be able to lock her down like that and automatically get a free Combat Challenge every single round. I just consider Hydras and Tiamat to be special cases. The alternative makes the Fighter's mark way too powerful against a solo if it will be used every single round. [/QUOTE]

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